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Chuck Driesell

Chuck Driesell
Sport(s) Varsity boys' basketball
Current position
Title Assistant coach
Team Maret School
Conference Mid-Atlantic Athletic
Biographical details
Born (1962-11-03) November 3, 1962 (age 54)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
1981–1985 Maryland
Position(s) Shooting guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1988 Naval Academy Prep
1989–1996 James Madison (assoc. HC)
1997–2003 Marymount
2003–2004 Georgetown (asst./RC)
2004–2006 Bishop Ireton HS
2006–2010 Maryland (asst.)
2010–2015 The Citadel
2015–present Maret HS
Head coaching record
Overall 130–185
Tournaments 0–1 (NCAA D-III)

Charles William "Chuck" Driesell (born November 3, 1962) is an American college basketball coach who is the boys' varsity basketball head coach at the Maret School in Washington, D.C. Driesell served as an assistant coach under Gary Williams at the University of Maryland, spent six seasons as head coach at Marymount University (1997 to 2003), and was head coach at The Citadel from 2010 to 2015. He is the son of former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell, and played for his father's team in college. Driesell was named the new boys' basketball coach at the Maret School in Washington DC in the summer of 2015.

Driesell was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of Davidson College basketball coach Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell. As a child, Chuck was a water boy and ball boy while his father served as the long-time head basketball coach at the University of Maryland. Lefty Driesell coached there from 1969 to 1986 and invented the "Midnight Madness" rally.

Chuck attended the University of Maryland, and played on the basketball team coached by his father as a shooting guard from 1981 to 1985. Driesell participated in four postseason tournaments (one NIT and three NCAA) and was also a member of the 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship team. Driesell received Academic All-American honors and made the ACC Honor Roll three years. He graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in business marketing.


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